Music Publishers Sue Cox Communications Over CAS

BMG Rights Management and Round Hill Music sued Cox Communications for failing to penalize subscribers who repeatedly infringe copyrighted materials, said documents filed Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. The music publishers alleged that Cox failed to comply with the Copyright Alert System, which lets ISPs terminate Internet services to repeat infringers. “Despite its published policy to the contrary, Cox's actual policy is to refuse to suspend, terminate, or otherwise penalize subscriber accounts that repeatedly commit copyright infringement through its network in any meaningful numbers,” the publishers said. Cox didn't comment.